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Major communities within the watershed include: Panguitch, Antimony, Hatch, Circleville, Kingston, and Long Valley Junction. Rural social values and life-styles, in conjunction with a long heritage of ranching and farming, continue to shape the communities and enterprises that make up the watershed area.
In addition, urban-interface type subdivisions within the Dixie National Forest, including those at Panguitch Lake, Mammoth Creek and Duck Creek, depend on the watershed for drinking and recreating.
The ability to maintain a rural, western way-of-living may be jeopardized by diminished resources derived from the watershed. Rural/Urban interfaces also influence natural and human communities by increasing wild animal/human interactions, decreasing water quality, and placing human life and property at risk to wildfires.
The challenge at hand is to identify, promote, maintain (and restore if needed), a balance between rural/urban lifestyles, product development and natural resources that will be sustainable over long periods of time.
Clicking on any areas of the map with yellow dots will take you to a detailed area map with specific Rural/Urban Development locations.
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